A sunny day at Beluga Point and Potter's Marsh with the family. I know there's snow and Brian is all bundled up, but I swear it was warm out!

Our new nephew, Casey Jacob Kile. He was born on March 18th at 7:17pm. He weighed in at 6 pounds 13 oz and was 19 inches long.

One of our most asked questions refers to the amount of daylight we get at different times of the year. Here's how much daylight we had in Anchorage on the 21st of each month in 2005. According to retired National Weather Service employee Jim Green, now owner of Williwaw Publishing and author of the Alaska Weather Calendar, the length of each day changes by only a minute or two each year, thus the 2005 data is as close to accurate as possible for 2007. In the next month we will be gaining 3 hours of daylight or 6 minutes per day on average.

HERE COMES THE SUN
• Jan. 21: 6 hours, 53 minutes
• Feb. 21: 9 hours, 41 minutes
• March 21: 12 hours, 22 minutes
• April 21: 15 hours, 20 minutes
• May 21: 18 hours even
• June 21: 19 hours, 22 minutes
THERE GOES THE SUN
• July 21: 18 hours even
• Aug. 21: 15 hours, 15 minutes
• Sept. 21: 12 hours, 19 minutes
• Oct. 21: 9 hours, 29 minutes
• Nov. 21: 6 hours, 46 minutes
• Dec. 21: 5 hours, 27 minutes
-- SOURCE: U.S. Naval Observatory, Astronomical Applications Department, Washington, D.C.

Can you see her smiling? She already weighs 7 pounds and she still has 5 weeks to go. We're told that babies gain 1/2 pound a week. If you do the math, you'll understand why we're hoping she arrives a little bit early!

Here's a short video. It features Lucy's face to the right and her balled up fist to the left. The arrow points to one of her chubby cheeks in the beginning. You'll likely have a hard time figuring out what you're looking at, but give it a shot!

This was our Anchorage baby shower. It was held at our house and Darlene & Judith did such a great job putting it all together. We are very lucky to have such made such great friends here. We're all ready for baby Lucy now!

Inquiring minds want to know...just how big are you now?

This is at 34 weeks and 1 day.